PAY STRUCTURE DISPARITIES : Work abstention by teachers, officers continue for 3rd day
Indefinite strike enforced by teachers for removal of disparities from the new pay structure continued for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, paralysing academic activities at 37 public universities of the country.
Shipwreck from 1800s found during search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
For nearly two years, boats dragging high-tech detection devices across the Indian Ocean have failed to solve the mystery of the whereabouts of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Do not acquire land used by tea garden workers: speakers
Politicians, academician and tea workers’ leaders on Wednesday called on the Awami League-led government not to acquire 511 acres of agricultural land, currently being used by the workers of two tea estates at Chunarughat in Habiganj, for setting up a special economic zone.
The text messages that led to 'El Chapo'
Drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, a two-time prison escapee, surely is no stranger to flirting with danger.
North Korean aircraft approaches South Korea, which fires warning shots
Tensions between North Korea and South Korea escalated on Wednesday after South Korea said an unidentified aircraft approached the demilitarized zone.
BB appoints observer for scam-hit Farmers Bank
Bangladesh Bank on Wednesday appointed observer for the scam-hit Farmers Bank Ltd as it found gross violation of banking rules in sanctioning and disbursing loans and hiding defaulted loans amounting to around Tk 400 crore.
BSCIC gives tanners 72 hours to relocate tanneries from Hazaribagh
Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation on Wednesday served legal notices on the 28 errant tanners directing them to relocate their tanneries from the city’s Hazaribagh within 72 hours.
German Justice Minister: More migrants will be deported after Cologne attacks
German Justice Minister Heiko Maas said Wednesday that more foreign criminals will be deported once new rules are introduced in response to an unprecedented wave of mob sex attacks blamed on migrants in Cologne.
1971 war hero Lt Gen Jacob passes away
Lt Gen JFR Jacob (retd), who negotiated the surrender of Pakistani troops in Dhaka following the 1971 war, passed away on Wednesday. He was 92.
State of the Union: Barack Obama sells optimism to nervous nation
Putting aside a sudden crisis with Iran, President Barack Obama on Tuesday urged Americans in his final State of the Union address to reject the politics of tribalism and fear that have rocked the campaign to find his successor and to build a "clear-eyed, big-hearted" and "optimistic" nation.
